Well, there seems to be many people around here claiming to have "THE LOUDEST" or "THE WORLD RECORD"

Who actually has the current World record in competition? - TO BE ANSWERED BY ANYONE EXCEPT THE DISTRIBIUTORS WHO FREQUENT HERE.

It would seem though that everyone is out to "Outgun" one brand perceived as the leader, well times are a changing and I am sure soon we will see someone rock the current holder of bragging rights.

So who does the bragging rights currently belong to?

ALAN DANTE's Extreme Volvo owns bragging rights at the moment for doing 180.6 then backed that up with a 181.8 dB

link to video here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AeKCE40Ng8

using a:
Single Digital Designs 99Z18
4x Stetsom 7KD turbos.


so Digital Designs and Stetsom thats who they belong to at the moment

Thanks for the answer thats cool.

But I would caution everyone in this sport to remember - As the horse and cart was once the fastest way to deliver something by road, today the semi trailor is the king and who knows what tomorrow brings?

For dB Drag, you definitely can't go past Alan's Volvo.

Sorry you are out of line with that remark, I am not (and will not - unlike some) be using your thread to market my product.

I am simply wanted to know who is the current champion as I am amazed at how many people involved in SPL products are running around claiming they are the winner of this or that, the worlds this or the worlds that, have the loudest this or that.

Very easy.

Go to www.dbdragracing.com

Then select "leaderboard" and "certified scores".

Phil

From there:

2003 "Team dB Warriors" 173.3dB

2004 "Team Loud" 176.1dB

2005: “Team Loud” tie “Edge Audio” 178dB
Deathmatch “Team Loud” 175.1, “Edge Audio” 104.8dB

2006: “Team Loud” 179.5dB

2007: Alan Dante 180.5dB

2008: Alan Dante 180.6dB

ADDED GEAR THAT WAS USED IN THE CARS ABOVE

so basically since 2004 the companies that have dominated the sport when it comes to one single figure has been.

Digital Designs SUBS 6 years running
SPL dynamics amps
Stetsom amps
Pioneer amps and subs for a year


thats it basically


but as someone said lets get back onto the topic now

cheers

topic??? What topic???

sorry my bad had just finished a long shift at work when i did my reply realised the topic was bragging rights and who actually owned them.

my bad LOL

If anything we should be looking in our own backyard when it comes to bragging rights because last time i looked were not even into the 170s, but bragging rights go to the guy with the biggest trophy at the end of the year that says LOUDEST CAR OF 2008 or what ever year it may be. Until that point in time i think everyone needs to shut the f@#k up crawl in their hole.

Does this upset you?

What about Option Audio arent they loud ?

Sarcasm?

This is quite a simple question really and every one seems to be missing the point.

The bragging rights actually belong to those who own and build the cars. It belongs to those who put in their time and money to build loud cars.

Get over it !!!!!!!!

^^^ yeah i agree there, the brand means nothing without the person behind it pouring his/her money and time into building the car.

take a look at Australia, no one here is doing 180's, let alone 170's.. cause no one has the time or money. we have the subs available, we have the amps available..

Do you think it's an accident that one brand has been number one six, yes SIX years in a row?

Phil

i dont think its a case of time or the money.

i spend tonnes of time on my car. and last time i checked they only recently notched the 170 barrier in Super Street 5+ one car only. so every car below Super Street 5+ hasnt even hit over 170 Either.

so the rest of the world 1 car only started hitting 170 in the Super Street classes this year and last year 1 car only again really.


and 170+ barriers have been achieved by Extreme cars. its not a case of time or money i think its a case of not many guys want to build extreme cars over here. or its the guys that have built them over here havent done them properly or as good as they do them in the States.

but anyway i dont think its a case of time or money. time and money sure hasnt affected my scores, i just havent bought as many amps as half of the Super Street 3-4 cars out there. plus its oik to have subs and amps but when it comes to power them especially in Super Street classes and above we dont have battcaps in australia either. you need the power to feed these things to ultimately.

but yeah thats it for me on that topic i dont think it is a case of time and money restricting australia.

after all every car that has held an Australian Record has been no more then 6dB from the World Record in their classes. not a bad feat for a country with about 1 / 50th of the serious dbdrag population in the world. and as each year now passes those cars are notching closer each year.

so then what is it then Billy? we have no battcaps? lolz!
if you had the money, you can get battcaps

so what do you think is with us being off the mark?

I've gotta agree with Fudd. These cars dont build themselves. The materials and equipment isnt free. Therefore it comes down to money. Hell I would LOVE to build an extreem car. But I dont have the money to fund a vehicle, I dont have the time to build it and even if I did I dont have the funds for the material and equipment required.

Yes ultimately it comes down to knowledge - but knowledge is usless as tits on a bull if your a homeless bum with no cash.

DD and SPL dynamics and Pioneer etc. yes they all play a roll - but none of these brands would matter if they all sat on a shelf and did nothing - someone has bought these products and poured blood sweat tears and cash into making these products perform for them. So who deserves to brag? Do DD cause someone bought their product and set a record. Or does the owner who decided to spend his or her hard earned on the DD equipment along with the rest of the install.
Sure DD are going to get some of the spotlight but ultimately the owner of the vehicle should be the one taking in the glory.

Think about the olympics you have a race with a Kenyan, an American and a Kiwi. At the end of the race you have Bill from Kenya in 1st, Michael from the US in 2nd and Tony from NZ in 3rd. Who won the race Kenya or Bill?
Sure the medal tally says Kenya - but ultimately Bill won. If Bill decided "bugger it I dont feel like running today" would Kenya have the medal on the tally board? No.

Like wise if a record holder (lets call him Steve) decided to invest in Jaycar equipment instead of say DD and worked hard and got it to perform at the top end of the scale then Steve would still be the record holder not DD.

you couldn't be more right alot goes into building spl cars, even shop built cars take a lot of blood sweat and tears, as most shops are way to busy to build an spl car for themselves during normal hours, it's all after hours work and even these guys deserve a pat on the back,

also last year quite a few cars from australia would of placed in the top 10 if we competed at world finals,

im not sure what it is with everyone else being off the mark but honeslty with some what 50 serious dbdrag competitors in australia. out of the population of 30,000+ serious competitors world wide. i dont think we are off the mark at all.

but after this year im sure most of australias record holding cars will only be some 3dB of the world records by the years end thats my prediction.

not only top 10 last year.

Capalabas car would have placed 4th
my Street Max 3-4 car would have placed 4th
Larissas SS5+ car would have placed 4th
Vernons Super Street 3-4 car would have Placed well

so really i dont think we are far off the mark we just arent the best in the world. so what!!! in the end to be up with the best is good enough i think.

and yes agree it is the builders of the cars that deserve ultimate bragging rights. but it comes down to equipment, Car, Build Quality, and power, and alot of testing also. and yes without the people like myself, george, phil, brad, larissa, Leo, Vt systems, Option Audio ect. without us to have a go and build the cars we own then Australia wouldn't be up as high as we are in the sport

also one thing to. NO OFFENCE to these guys i am about to comment about,
but if guys didnt try to be steve medes and chase numbers on 30Hz so much and concentrated on just getting loud instead of SQ loud LMAO, then we would also have alot more cars up in the rankings also.

plus its a big case of there isnt enough guys to force us other guys to get louder really, why go build a car that does 160 if your nearest apponent is doing 145. its like any sport you wont see guys win foot races by some 10 seconds a head of 2nd place why push so hard if ya dont need to. thats what it is here in australia not enough people to push the louder cars to get louder really.

but anyway thats enough for me off to work on the car and repair it now

HOW DID YOU BREAK IT

break it??? the car???

the floor inside the enclosure colapsed at its second event. the floor was cut out and tacked back into place when i was building the car. but due to a person doing a not so great weld job and i made the concrete over it to thin, it let go and dropped onto the fuel tank at the second event. thus allowing the whole cabin to vent air out of the car through the enclosure, and it looking like a heap of smoke comming from under the car. some may remember seeing this LOL. but yeah didnt help the numbers.

have since fixed the floor problem and re concreted with 3'' of concrete and now just got to mold the corners and glass over it all again clean the car and its ready for gear to go back in and hopefully a couple of gains in the process.

I was not commenting on peoples dedication, it was at people who win a comp and pull a number and run around saying LOOK AT ME, LOOK AT ME, im the loudest and im the best and everyone else is S@#T, these people know who they are.
RMA was this comment meant to scare everyone: But I would caution everyone in this sport to remember - As the horse and cart was once the fastest way to deliver something by road, today the semi trailor is the king and who knows what tomorrow brings?
Mate your sub isn't even released yet and your talking your self up big, and that is not a chop at your product it is at you mate.

Why poke fun at Option Audio? 160+ is great from any gear.

Unlike your car, thier car keeps turning up to comps, doing consistanlty over 160 and hasn't exploded into flames once.

Capalaba's Civic has been as far south as Wagga (where it was crowned 2007 SPL King), as far north as Rockhampton and every where in between, Lawton, Kawana. GCAS, Indy etc etc

Phil

were never upto the US, wether its time money or research they always got more, kinda happens when you have a larger population, and its not just spl wise, look at drag racing etc, there always a little bit further ahead

l wanna be a steve meade

Mark at Option Audio is doing a GREAT JOB in promoting car audio and show seen in Qld

Keep up the good work

X2, he had a few cars a sydney autosalon and they looked very nice.

Why do the SQ crew get along much better?

I personally think this thread starter has committed to sad by starting a pathetic thread, no offence to you - just to the wretched "Bragging Rights" obsession.

^ Don't read, or post here if you don't like it. Why close the thread, that's just being f*cking retarded.

Have you got a problem with me reading, posting and advising to close this thread? If you do, then I Apologize for causing your feelings any inconvenience.

I just don't see why you would ask for a thread to be closed. Don't want to see the activity in it, Don't Read It! Your apology is accepted but my reasoning still stands.

The person/s who own, build, test & tune the car have the ultimate right to brag..
But so does the audio shop/s who support them, and the suppliers or sponsors who provide gear or discounts or tech support.

If Brand X supplies the competitor with gear for a good price, and honors warranty or does free recones or whatever, why shouldnt they blow their trumpets too ?

It Shop Y supplied the competitor with a place to build the car, or storage, or free RCA cables, or lets them use their meter, why shouldnt they have some rights to blowing the trumpets ?

More importantly.. why get precious about it ? The competitor should support the companies that are supporting them, and vice versa, and the flow on effect from good results is shared... last I checked it was Person Name in the Sponsors Name car that won the race/drag/rally.

I'm pretty sure everyone knows Makkinen drove the Mitsubishi Team Evo Lancer, not the Tommy Team Evo..

http://www.termpro.com/asp/members2.asp?Wh...0247&Page=2

For the 2008 season, 181.3dB is the highest score so far.

Remember that these professional competitors will not show there hand untill October.

Back to your family viewing folks.....

we shouldnt forget the R&D that goes into making products with the potential to get loud so the manufacturer is entitled to some kudos. having said that, a quick look at the current class leaders reveals cactus, atomic, dd, spldynamics, stetsom all represented...

i agree with Blackice, spread the glory around

181.3, awesome number!

How come it shows them at number two, even though it lists the 181.3? Glitch?

Phil

because its not the certified spl. jsut the highest

who could possibly want to brag about SPL.

Question~~~ what is alan dante run in terms of subs,amps,cables,batterys?

DD 99Z18
Stetsom 7kd x 4
PowerMaster Batteries


I think?

ok well that doesnt seem like alot of $$$ to setup then

^ hahahahahaha, very funny, i'm sure his car is worth $100,000, and thats just the car not including any gear, true blackice but when person/company X says that person/company Y is S@#T and visa versa and there crap spills into this forum at that point i have a problem.

Umm, ok.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA\


99Z18 is about 5k
Each amp around 2k from memory, so about 8k there
Dunno bought batteries, but lets call it about a grand

so theres 14-15k

plus all teh powercabling, add another 2k, plus the building of the car, and the countless hours put into designing, tuning, setting up

Not so for Alan Dante. here's his car.

Phil

If you were to pay him to build you a ovlov like his i'm sure he'd charge 6 figures + gear...

Wish I still had pics of inside his cabin

i think we all do